BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 699 By: Frank Public Education Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Pursuant to H.B. 547, which was passed by the Texas Legislature in 2021 and provided for the participation of home-schooled students in University Interscholastic League (UIL) activities, UIL approved a rule to calculate a school's UIL classification based on a new enrollment formula for a public school that allows home-schooled students to participate in their UIL activities. This formula weighted the enrollment of such a school by a factor of 1.2, increasing a school's enrollment regardless of how many home-schooled students participate. Although ultimately vetoed by the commissioner of education, the rule would have potentially raised the classification of any school that allows home-schooled students to participate, thus indirectly discouraging schools from allowing such participation. H.B. 699 seeks to prevent discouragement of home-schooled student participation in UIL activities by requiring UIL, for classification purposes, to calculate student enrollment using the same formula regardless of whether a school allows home-schooled students to participate in UIL activities. CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS H.B. 699 amends the Education Code to require the University Interscholastic League (UIL), when classifying a public school based on student enrollment, to use the same student enrollment calculation formula for a school that allows a non-enrolled student to participate in a UIL activity as the formula used to determine the enrollment of a school that does not allow such a student to participate in the activity. The bill's provisions apply beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2023.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
H.B. 699
By: Frank
Public Education
Committee Report (Unamended)
H.B. 699
By: Frank
Public Education
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Pursuant to H.B. 547, which was passed by the Texas Legislature in 2021 and provided for the participation of home-schooled students in University Interscholastic League (UIL) activities, UIL approved a rule to calculate a school's UIL classification based on a new enrollment formula for a public school that allows home-schooled students to participate in their UIL activities. This formula weighted the enrollment of such a school by a factor of 1.2, increasing a school's enrollment regardless of how many home-schooled students participate. Although ultimately vetoed by the commissioner of education, the rule would have potentially raised the classification of any school that allows home-schooled students to participate, thus indirectly discouraging schools from allowing such participation. H.B. 699 seeks to prevent discouragement of home-schooled student participation in UIL activities by requiring UIL, for classification purposes, to calculate student enrollment using the same formula regardless of whether a school allows home-schooled students to participate in UIL activities.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS H.B. 699 amends the Education Code to require the University Interscholastic League (UIL), when classifying a public school based on student enrollment, to use the same student enrollment calculation formula for a school that allows a non-enrolled student to participate in a UIL activity as the formula used to determine the enrollment of a school that does not allow such a student to participate in the activity. The bill's provisions apply beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.
EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2023.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Pursuant to H.B. 547, which was passed by the Texas Legislature in 2021 and provided for the participation of home-schooled students in University Interscholastic League (UIL) activities, UIL approved a rule to calculate a school's UIL classification based on a new enrollment formula for a public school that allows home-schooled students to participate in their UIL activities. This formula weighted the enrollment of such a school by a factor of 1.2, increasing a school's enrollment regardless of how many home-schooled students participate. Although ultimately vetoed by the commissioner of education, the rule would have potentially raised the classification of any school that allows home-schooled students to participate, thus indirectly discouraging schools from allowing such participation. H.B. 699 seeks to prevent discouragement of home-schooled student participation in UIL activities by requiring UIL, for classification purposes, to calculate student enrollment using the same formula regardless of whether a school allows home-schooled students to participate in UIL activities.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
H.B. 699 amends the Education Code to require the University Interscholastic League (UIL), when classifying a public school based on student enrollment, to use the same student enrollment calculation formula for a school that allows a non-enrolled student to participate in a UIL activity as the formula used to determine the enrollment of a school that does not allow such a student to participate in the activity. The bill's provisions apply beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.
EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2023.